Almstead Tree & Shrub

I recently had all the trees on my property trimmed. The team did a great job and the trees look beautiful. Equally important, during this pandemic, the team maintained a huge amount of distancing, wore masks and gloves and simply waved to me as they left the property. I feel the proposal for the work was fair and will use their service again. You folks are the gold standard of tree care experts. Thank you, thank you for making our place look beautiful again and getting rid of my anxiety about the storm damaged tree falling on the house.

We are a family-owned company that has been serving homeowners, businesses and communities in the tri-state area since 1964. Today, Almstead has over 100 employees and a fleet of specialized trucks and equipment. Our main service lines include: tree pruning and removal, tree risk assessment, plant health care, lawn care (using organic or traditional programs), custom blend fertilization, soil care and analysis, disease and pest management, and professional consulting services. Almstead Tree & Shrub Care Company has grown from a one man operation, started by Richard E. Almstead in 1964, into a full-service arboriculture and lawn care firm.

Tree care is a problem-solving business, and the best solutions can only come from knowledgeable experts. Almstead's tree care services include all aspects of tree care: tree pruning, tree trimming, tree removal, tree stump removal and grinding, cabling, bracing, and more. All our arborists are professionally trained and certified, so you can trust their recommendations. We deliver the professional tree service we believe our clients (and their trees) deserve. Almstead is licensed in each region we serve and each branch office has licensed arborists for that state.

At Almstead, our approach to lawn care takes into account the health of your entire landscape by drawing on wisdom from both traditional and organic lawn care methods. In combination with this holistic approach, we offer three separate comprehensive care programs: Organic Based, Pure Organic, and Traditional. There are unique benefits to each of these programs. An Almstead Lawn Care professional will help determine what's best for your lawn with you based on your desired level of management and aesthetics.

Core aeration involves creating small holes in the soil to allow air, water and nutrients to penetrate the roots of the grass. When soil is compacted, the movement of oxygen, nutrients, and water to the turfs roots is restricted. This results in a slow-growing, thin lawn. Since the flow of nutrients is also decreased, turf grown in compacted soils can quickly become vulnerable to drought, disease, and insect damage. Aerating your lawn removes small cores of soil from the turf, allowing air, water, and nutrients to penetrate the soil.

Ticks, mosquitoes and deer are much more than an annoyance. Our area has seen a dramatic increase in tick-borne diseases, including Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis and the Powassan virus. Almstead provides safe, effective tick, mosquito and deer control for your property. We offer a range of treatment options including organic programs. Our arborists and technicians are licensed in pest management and also understand how to make your property less hospitable to ticks, mosquitoes and deer.

Conducting a soil test and site assessment gives us a great deal of information about a lawn and the specific steps we should take to make turf as healthy as possible. Our lawn care consultation usually starts with a soil test and site assessment. Soil analysis is the process of examining the main aspects of your soil in order to create the optimum growing conditions for your lawn. When determining appropriate care practices for turf, it's important to analyze the soil for texture, pH level, organic matter content, and biological activity.

Mature trees and shrubs are some of the only elements in our landscape that we cannot easily replace or rearrange. In fact, purposeful intervention with any tree requires thorough planning and vigilant follow-through. Mature trees are highly valuable assets to landscapes that take decades to develop. That's why it's so important to consult with arborists for their expertise in the overall management of trees and shrubs on a property. All our arborists have training in tree risk assessment, in addition, some of our arborists have also undergone the more extensive Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) program offered by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA).